INDIVIDUAL PROFILE
Brandon M Hammer

Brandon M Hammer

FinTech 2026

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Practice Areas

Brandon M. Hammer’s practice focuses on a broad range of creditors’ rights, netting, financial regulatory, bankruptcy, digital asset, and market infrastructure issues.

His clients include financial institutions, clearinghouses, sovereigns, and end users. He is frequently counsel to leading financial market trade associations and ad hoc coalitions on major industry initiatives and industry-standard opinions.

He regularly advises clients regarding close-out netting rights under a variety of different U.S. insolvency regimes, including the Bankruptcy Code, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the Securities Investor Protection Act, the New York Banking Law, and the Orderly Liquidation Authority title of the Dodd-Frank Act, and represents clients before federal regulatory agencies and self-regulatory organizations.

Career

Brandon joined the firm in 2014, became counsel in 2022, and became a partner in 2024.

Education

Harvard Law School

J.D.

2013

Columbia University

B.A.

2010

Chambers Review

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Professional Advisers: FinTech

FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies - USA - Nationwide

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial
Brandon Hammer is a regulatory expert in the derivatives market, and is particularly well regarded for bankruptcy matters. Hammer has additional capabilities in blockchain and cryptocurrency, with a specific focus on digital assets.

Strengths

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  • Brandon Hammer is super smart, and has practical understanding of how traditional markets work and how that aligns with digital markets.

    FinTech Legal: Blockchain & CryptocurrenciesProfessional Advisers: FinTech
  • Brandon is absolutely fantastic. He has a really good business sense and applies knowledge well. He is incredibly knowledgeable when it comes to how insolvency fits in under different regimes.

    FinTech Legal: Blockchain & CryptocurrenciesProfessional Advisers: FinTech

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